Students in grades 1-3 (and a few special guests from Mrs. Zamudio's class and bookclub members) enjoyed a storytelling performance by author Joe Hayes.  In the first session he told, "El Pollito Mas Chiquito" shown below.  He also told "La Tragadabas" and "Ghost Fever" in later performances.  School board member Gilbert Herrera was also able to attend our presentation.

Students in grades 3-5 who read at least five books from the 2009-2010 Bluebonnet Award Winning List are coming to the library on Jan. 29th from 1:00-1:45.  Students will vote online for their favorite book from the list and be treated to a Wii party at the library.

Students in grades 3-5 are invited to join the book club. 

The book of the six weeks is Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things. 

Second-grader Alvin Ho is determined to make friends, even though he is afraid of any number of things and can't talk—at all—in school.  This book will make you laugh out loud at all the funny things that happen to Alvin.

If you think you might be interested in reading this book, please stop by the library to borrow a copy of it.  In order, to participate in the book club students must read the book and pass the AR test by the last day of the 4th six weeks.

Today our bookclub members got to talk on the phone with Derek Landy from Dublin, Ireland.  He was so much fun to talk to and the students had a great time asking him questions. 

I am so proud of the students for their great phone etiquette.  

Way to go!  Right now we have over 35,000 AR Points right now.  Let's keep up the good work.

Students in grades 3-5 are invited to read our book of the six weeks, Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis.

This book is 5.3 reading level.  Only students able to read at this level will be able to participate.  Please come by the library for more information.

Please join us for family time at the library on Monday 11/16/09 from 3:15-4:30.  Come in and read with your child.

Monday- LiBEARy day- bring a bear to read to
Tuesday- Hats off to reading
Wednesday- Sock it to reading
Thursday- Donuts with Dads PK-2 (library)
Friday- Pan Dulce con Papa 3-5 (cafeteria)

Great job everyone!  In total we have more than 29,000 points as of 11/11/09 

3rd-5th Grade are invited to participate in the Book Club for the 2nd Six Weeks.  The book is Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy.

Book Club Guidelines

1.  This book is 4.9 reading level.  You must be reading this level to borrow the book.

2.  You must read and test on this book for the first time by the end of the six weeks (10/30/09)

3.  Your AR test score on this book must be 70 or higher.

4.  Everyone who passes the AR test will be invited for a book club meeting held in November.

5.  A new book club book will be available during the 3rd, 4th and 5th six weeks.

6.  Only 40 people will be allowed to join the book club each six weeks, based on first come first served.

7. The book must be returned by the end of the six weeks.
 
8.  Ask Mrs. Marquez for details.

Thank you to all our parents, teachers and students for working so hard and reading and testing.  At the end of the 1st six weeks, our campus had 9,547 points.  This is a dramatic increase from last year when we had only 4,124 points at the end of the 1st six weeks.

Please make sure to read carefully because all students must maintain a 70% average or higher to participate in AR incentives such as field trips or cafeteria parties.

Keep up the good work! 

All participants who turned in their BRIGHT summer reader log will be treated to a performance by Chuchin the clown on Wednesday 9/30/09 in the library.  Chuchin puts on an amazing show with magic tricks, juggling, unicycle riding and more.  Click on the picture below to learn more about Chuchin.

The Bright Summer Reader Celebration was held on 9/22/09 for the top readers in each grade level.  We got to see a performance by Chuchin the clown as well as enjoy snacks and prizes. 

This is a great book from the Bluebonnet reading list.  Please find out more by watching the video below.

Another great Bluebonnet Book to check out is Someone Named Eva.  Click the video below to learn more.

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Looking for a good book to read?  Why not try out Surprises According to Humphrey?  Watch the book trailer below to see what its all about.  This is one of the Bluebonnet Books for the 2009-2010 school year.

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K- Ben Ray Lopez
1st- Nayelie Alvarez
2nd- Gilberto Saenz
3rd-Haille Marquez
4th- Anyssa Garza
5th- Victoria Cobos

Students in grades 3-5 must read at least five books from the 2009-2010 Bluebonnet Award List (below).  Students must AR test on and pass at least 5 books from the list.  Participants will be invited to a party in January 2010 and receive a certificate of participation.  

This year's award winning books are:
Birdsall, Jeanne. 2008. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street.
Birney, Betty G. 2008. Surprises According to Humphrey.
Bishop, Nic. 2008. Nic Bishop Frogs.
Deedy, Carmen Agra. 2007. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale.
Feldman, Jody. 2008. The Gollywhopper Games.
Flaherty, A.W. 2007. The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating.
Holt, Kimberly Willis. 2007. Piper Reed: Navy Brat.
Kerley, Barbara. 2008. What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!
Law, Ingrid. 2008. Savvy.
Look, Lenore. 2008. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things.
Lupica, Mike. 2007. Two-Minute Drill.
Mora, Pat. 2007. ¡Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico!: America’s Sproutings.
Neff, Henry H. 2007. The Hound of Rowan.
Nelson, Kadir. 2008. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.
Rappaport, Doreen. 2008. Lady Liberty: A Biography.
Schulman, Janet. 2008. Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City.
Speck, Katie. 2007. Maybelle in the Soup.
Spinelli, Eileen. 2007. Where I Live.
Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. 2008. Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
Wolf, Joan M. 2007. Someone Named Eva.

Be sure to read, read, read this summer!  Remember to fill out your reading log.  You must read books that you have not read before and they must be on your reading level.  Extra forms are available at the school during June.  If you run out of forms you can make copies or write on a separate page. 

All forms due in August.

Students who read the most pages in each grade will receive a prize. 

A podcast is an audio recording.  It reminds me of old time radio shows.  We will be using podcasting to have students as well as the librarian review books.  Please check back often to see our new reviews.

http://southtexaslibrarian.podbean.com

Bright Summer Reader Form

Overview of Library Programs

Library Rules

Library Brochure

Student podcasting sheet

School Fusion Tutorial